If the poll is correct, Ireland faces an uncertain political future. With the Dail called back into session on March 10 it may be impossible to form a government right away in which case a Fine Gael minority caretaker government, if it has the greatest number of seats, would likely rule for a period.

However it seems certain that a second election will take place sometime in 2016 to clarify the next government of Ireland.

The result comes as a sharp blow to the government who believed their work combating Ireland’s financial woes with their austerity prescriptions would pay off.

However little seemed to go right as the government failed to run the type of campaign they did in 2011 full of ideas and plans to deal with the crisis.

In the end it may resemble the worldwide frustration witnessed in the US among Trump supporters and bias against existing parties and established leaders such as what happened with the Labour Party in Britain.